[NTG-context] Selecting character by glyph index
Dear consortium, Is there a command analogous to \char or \fontchar which allows me to select a glyph by its index in the font? In most font editors you can choose "Index Mode" which shows the "physical" ordering of the glyphs independent of encoding etc. I thought that \charNN (where 'NN' is a decimal integer) did this, but it does not seem to select the correct indexed glyph for a \definefont, making me wonder in MkIV has changed its behavior. For example, choosing \char35 gives me glyph index 223, not glyph 35. In any case, for the current (already tedious) project this is a feature that is sorely needed; if there is a way to hack a quick lua-based command to do it, I would appreciate any help I can get. Perhaps a future version of \fontchar can add this as an option... Thanks in advance and Best wishes Idris -- Idris Samawi Hamid Professor of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Selecting character by glyph index
On 8/18/2014 7:48 AM, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote:
Dear consortium,
Is there a command analogous to \char or \fontchar which allows me to
select a glyph by its index in the font? In most font editors you can
choose "Index Mode" which shows the "physical" ordering of the glyphs
independent of encoding etc.
I thought that \charNN (where 'NN' is a decimal integer) did this, but
it does not seem to select the correct indexed glyph for a \definefont,
making me wonder in MkIV has changed its behavior. For example,
choosing \char35 gives me glyph index 223, not glyph 35.
In any case, for the current (already tedious) project this is a feature
that is sorely needed; if there is a way to hack a quick lua-based
command to do it, I would appreciate any help I can get. Perhaps a
future version of \fontchar can add this as an option... Thanks in
advance and
you cannot trust an index ... use names as these are more stable
\setupbodyfont[dejavu]
\starttext
\fontchar{a}
\fontchar{alpha}
\fontchar{three}
\fontchar{uni1ECB.dotless}
\fontchar{delta}
\fontchar{delta.smcp}
\stoptext
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